History of an Under-Ice Subsistence Fishery for Arctic Cisco and Least Cisco in the Colville River, Alaska

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Moulton, Lawrence L., Seavey, Brent, Pausanna, Jerry
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 2010
• Subjects: arctic cisco; least cisco; subsistence; under-ice fishery; Colville River; Beaufort Sea; Alaska; harvest rates; age structure; cisco arctique; cisco sardinelle; subsistance; pêche sous la glace; rivière Colville; mer de Beaufort; taux de capture; structure par âge; Arctic; Mackenzie River; Canada; Mer de Beaufort; Fleuve Mackenzie; Arctic cisco; Arctique*; Coregonus autumnalis; Mackenzie river
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/66379

Arctic cisco (Coregonus autumnalis) and least cisco (C. sardinella) are harvested in the Colville River Delta near Nuiqsut, Alaska, after ice forms in the fall. Arctic cisco targeted by the fall fishery derive from spawning stocks in the Mackenzie River of Canada. Young-of-the-year fish are recruite...